changes to an index.html file not showing up online (8 posts)

Russ Member

I have used Fetch for a long time, back when it was free. Tonight I had to make a tiny change in a client's Web site, merely his new business address. I downloaded an index.html file with Fetch, changed the address with Kompozer, saved it to my MacOSX desktop, and uploaded it. The online file remains unchanged.

I have tried everything at least a dozen times. I am uploading with the Automatic feature. I have tried everything, including hilighting the existing file on Fetch and choosing it with the Path feature. Anyone know what I am doing wrong?
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Jim Matthews Administrator

One possible explanation is that the file you are updating is not the index.html file for the site (i.e. that the actual index.html file is in a different folder on the server).

Could you try again, and then choose "Fetch Transcript" from the Window menu and post the contents? Also, could you post the URL of the client's web site, and what the new business address should be? I'll take a look and see what I can figure out.

Russ Member

Thanks Jim, I thought of that -- that I was uploading the wrong file. But I don't think so. It is in a public file and labeled Nate's New Site. There are other index files elsewhere in the system and most of them are broken links. I have tried them all. I have somehow managed to make a couple of changes, a street address and a mailto, but when I went to dump the link to a nonworking mirror site (bottom left corner), it just persisted. The mail link insists on repeating itself mailto:mailto:tatiana@medlawyer.net, and nothing I can do changes it. I even typed in the right HTML on Kompozer, but it wouldn't change.

The file I am trying to change is < http://www.medlawyer.net >. The URL does not show an /index.html extension. I have looked at all the files and none of them are the "front page" of this site.

I have to go in and change the address on every one of the linked pages. But have had almost no success on this file at all except that I managed to change the street address and botch the email address and that is all. -- Russ

Russ Member

Russ Member

Jim, that did it. I feel like a real dweeb. The thing that threw me off was the fact that when I tried to access the result through Fetch I got a broken link message, and I never bothered to try the suggested link. Happy Holidays to you and yours and all the Fetch people. I have great respect for this program and you guys as well for your quick and accurate support. -- Russ